[Cherie]

I am really surprised the police do this safeguarding works both ways it is there to protect the child but it also there to protect the adults involved from any accusation of wrong doing. If the police cant be trusted to follow the process which is to take the child back to the station and have an appropriate adult present during the search who can we trust. strip searching involves looking at a childs private parts, you would have thought no police officer would want to be doing that without a parent or guardian present, and it makes you wonder as to the motivie of those that do

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I am really surprised the police do this safeguarding works both ways it is there to protect the child but it also there to protect the adults involved from any accusation of wrong doing. If the police cant be trusted to follow the process which is to take the child back to the station and have an appropriate adult present during the search who can we trust. strip searching involves looking at a childs private parts, you would have thought no police officer would want to be doing that without a parent or guardian present, and it makes you wonder as to the motivie of those that do

Exactly.